SANACC

2015 Scottish National River Championship
Sponsored by Fly-fishing World

Final
River Tummel
Sunday 26th July 2015

The top rod in the River Championship final was Simon Cocker with 18 fish. The runner up was Alan Hill with 15 fish and the third place went to Richard McHattie with 13 fish. The last two qualifiers for the 2016 rivers team were David Downie with 10 fish and Karl Ferguson with 7 fish.

On a difficult and cool summers day a total of 127 fish were caught and released with the largest, a brown trout measuring 43.3cm, caught by David Downie.

The above team will represent Scotland in the Home International Rivers Championship 2016 which is due to be held on the River Don Aberdeen.

The River Committee wish to thank the controllers who supported this competition through out the heats and final. Without their help and support the championship would not be possible.

photo: Top 6 Alan Hill, Richard McHattie, Simon Cocker, David Downie, Karl Ferguson and Jake Harvey

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What a day! Raining, windy and cold from the outset.

River conditions worsened through the day as the Sawmill stream and other smaller burns came down in spate and dirty rising the main river approximately 2ft in the afternoon.

That said odd fish were rising in more sheltered spots. Swung wet fly and nymph seemed to do best with a lot of fish taken close in.

The 12 anglers caught and returned a total of 75 fish giving a rod average of 6.25. Top rod with 17 fish was Dick Logan, with second place going to Mike Cordiner with 11 fish and third spot going to Simon Cocker who had 10 fish. A further three qualified for the final namely Ian Runcie, Rab Maxwell and Richard McHattie.